Kat's Tales of Stamping: Topflight Stamps' Fifth Anniversary Blog Hop!

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Topflight Stamps' Fifth Anniversary Blog Hop!

It's Topflight Stamps 5th birthday! To celebrate I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us to see all the beautiful talent from this group of amazing designers! You should have arrived here from the Topflight Stamps Blog. If not, no worries, catch the details below.

Here's my card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Bunnies Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Background Clocks Solo 155 Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft

Cheers, Lovely Polymer Stamp Set by Polkadoodles

Scrapcosy PS108 Small Backgrounds Stencil by PaperArtsy

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Mermaid, BoraBora, and Toffee Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy

Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Purple Velvet Prism Inks by Hunkydory Crafts

PSA: You should pop over to Topflight Stamps right now because there's a birthday sale and there are loads and loads of new products!

Other Products Used:

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Brown Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers:

Rabbits: E21, E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E44, E47, E50, E51, R000, R00, R01, R21, R22, R32, BV20, BV23

Champagne Bottle: G46, Yw21, Y23, Y26, Y28, V17

Cork: E42, E51, E81, E84

Champagne Flutes: YR30, YR31, C1, BG11

Cut N'Dry Foam by Ranger Ink

Black Pitt Artist FIneliner SX, F, M Pens by Faber Castell

Black Chalk Pencil by General's®

Fishtail Flag Stax Die-Namics Die Set by My Favorite Things

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Repositionable Scotch Tape® by 3M

Ancient Press Type

There are my usual verbose instructions accompanied by step-out photos below, but before I get to them, I wanted to give you more information and to tell you that Dina Kowal's Blog is the next stop on the hop!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving one lucky winner a $50 Gift Certificate to the store. But wait! There's more! Each stop on the hop has an additional $25 Gift Certificate up for grabs for some lucky commenter. For a chance to win, make sure to visit every stop on the hop and leave a comment by April 3rd. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on April 7th. Good Luck!

Please Note: Topflight Stamps is only able to ship to the US and Canada. This is due to new tax laws and USPS limitations.

Instructions:

1. Place all three bunnies from the Bunnies Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set face-down on the stamping platform. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamps and lift.

2. Use repositionable Scotch Tape to cover the carrot and the pencil on the corresponding bunny stamps. Ink the stamps with black ink. Remove the tape, and stamp onto white cardstock.

3. Stamp the carrot bunny and the looking-upward bunny a second time onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut their hands/paws.

4. Use black ink to stamp the champagne bottle, wine flute (2x), and the cork from the Cheers, Lovely Polymer Stamp Set onto white cardstock.

5. Fussy-cut the stamped images.

6. Use Copic markers to color the stamped, fussy-cut images, then edge with a dark pen or marker. Add the press type letters T, F, S to the label of the champagne bottle. Set aside the bunnies, champagne, flutes, and cork. Don't worry. They won't be bored or lonely. They can drink champagne and do the bunny hop while waiting for their background.

7. Cut a piece of mixed media cardstock to 6.75" x 4.75". Adhere Repositionable Scotch Tape along the bottom as shown below.

8. Add drops of Mermaid and BoraBora Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints onto a piece of Cut N'Dry Foam.

9. Smoosh the foam side down to mix the paint, apply paint to the mixed media paper, and heat set.

10. Use masking tape to secure the painted background paper to the STAY-tion.

11. Place the flower and diamond section of the Scrapcosy PS108 Small Backgrounds Stencil over the painted paper. Secure with magnets.

12. Sponge Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair™ Ink over the stencil onto the painted background.

13. Lift stencil and heat set the ink.

14. Using the diamond and flower shapes as a guide, move the stencil to the right, secure with magnets, and sponge Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair™ Ink over the stencil.

15. Lift the stencil and heat set the ink.

16. To stencil the remainder of the panel, move the stencil down, line up the flowers and diamonds, and repeat steps #12 through #15.

16. Completed stenciling. It's not perfect, but life's like that.

9.Remove the Scotch Tape. Place another piece of tape to cover the stenciled and painted top part of the background. Put a piece of scrap paper to complete cover to the top, then paint the bottom part with Toffee Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paint. Heat set.

10. Remove the tape.

11. Use a black pen to add horizontal lines to create a quasi wooden floor look. I forgot to add the vertical lines to separate the individual boards. I also forgot to take a photo of the step. Alas.

12. Adhere the champagne flutes to the bunnies' hands. Glue their hands to the glasses. Oops. Another missing photo.

13. Position the champagne bottle to look as though the bunny is carrying it. Adhere the bunny to her bottle. Or vice versa. Forget to take a photo.

14. Figure out the bunny placement by placing the bunnies onto the background without adhering them. Don't take a photo.

15. Use chalk pencil to add shadows to where the bunnies and bottle will be. Yeah. No photo.

16. Adhere the bunnies in place without taking another photo.

17. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of the stamping platform.

18. Position the cork stamp from the Cheers, Lovely Polymer Stamp Set, face-down on the background where desired. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Purple Velvet Prism Ink, and stamp.

19. Remove the panel from the platform and heat set the ink.

20. Adhere the cork over its counterpart.

21. Here's the completed image panel.

11.Sponge a piece of mixed media paper with Purple Velvet Prism Ink. Mist with water and heat set. Oops. Missed photo op!

12. Use a stamping platform and Purple Velvet Prism Ink to stamp the Background Clocks Solo 155 Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp. Repeat inking and stamping to ensure a good impression.

12. Use Fishtail Flag dies to cut the stamped purple paper.

13. Forget to take a photo.

14. Use magnets to secure the smaller flag to the base of the stamping platform. Position the "Cheers, lovely" sentiment from the set face-down where desired on the flag. Press the platform's lid on the back of the stamp and lift.

15. Use Repositionable Scotch Tape to cover the comma and the "lovely" from the Cheers, Lovely Polymer Stamp Set on the stamp. Ink the stamp, remove the tape, and stamp. Repeat Step# 13.

16. Use the stamping platform and Purple Velvet Prism Ink to stamp "Celebrate" from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set onto the larger flag. Repeat Step# 13.

17. Edge both flags with Purple Velvet Prism Ink, heat set, and secure them to the card front as shown.

18. Adhere the cardfront to a brown 7" x 5" card.

Thanks for visiting! Bunny-hop along to your next stop, which is Dina Kowal's Blog!

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Here's the blog hop roster. Follow along and if you get lost, you can always start again at the Topflight Stamps Blog. Remember to leave a comment at each blog to increase your chance of winning a prize!